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Ch. 7: The Pearl

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200                Prices of the Pearl.
at their order, by the most celebrated jewellers of the time, which may prove interesting.
Valuation of Pearls in the Crown Treasury of France, 1791.
At the present day, these pearls,—which doubtless were of the purest and finest description,—would be worth a far larger sum than the amounts named.
The prices given in the following Table are approxi­mate ones for perfectly white pure round pearls, of a smooth and lustrous skin, perfectly free from specks or discoloration of any sort.
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